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Modern Treasury’s Cross Border Payments Plan And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/3/23

Payments-technology provider Modern Treasury and Silicon Valley Bank launched what they call a global payment solution to let clients of the two companies send cross-border payments at lower than prevailing costs and using local automated clearing house networks. SpecTrust Inc., whose Trust Cloud offers fraud protection for online transactions, said it has …

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Western Union And 7-Eleven Team Up To Enable Cross Border Remittances in Mexico

Western Union Co. expanded its cross-border remittance capabilities Wednesday with the announcement it is partnering with 7-Eleven Mexico to enable money transfers from 1,800 7-Eleven locations in Mexico. The agreement will enable Mexican citizens to send money to more than 200 countries and territories in which Western Union operates, in …

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Global Digital Cross Border Transactions Are Exploding, a Researcher Reports

With digital domestic money transfers expected to exceed 300 billion transactions globally in 2026, up from a projected 207 billion transactions in 2022, a nearly 50% increase, new players are expected to push the envelope by introducing alternative forms of digital cross-border transfers, such as cryptocurrency and central digital bank …

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LianLian Global Launches Cross Border Wallet to Iron Out Wrinkles for Small Online Sellers

E-commerce growth exploded during the pandemic, but international sales can be a challenge for small online sellers that confront challenges like currency conversions or sometimes burdensome fees. Early Monday, the cross-border payments firm LianLian Global announced its Cross Border Wallet, aimed at unraveling these challenges particularly for e-commerce merchants selling …

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Mastercard And Previse Team Up to Enable Same-Day Cross Border Payments

The movement to speed up cross-border payments received another boost Monday as Mastercard Inc. announced the integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services, the card network’s global push payments platform, with Previse Ltd.’s InstantPay platform.  The cross-border payments integration, which leverages machine learning, will enable companies to identify invoices likely to be …

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ThetaRay Introduces an Anti-Money Laundering Tool for Cross Border Payments

With criminals continually devising ways to defeat rules-based applications used for detecting illicit cross-border payments, ThetaRay Ltd., an Israel-based cybersecurity and data-analytics firm, on Monday introduced SONAR, a software-as-a-service-based machine-learning application that detects known and unknown risks associated with cross-border payments. Using machine-learning algorithms, SONAR identifies normal characteristics within specific …

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Phishing Sets Record As Fraudsters Link Hands Across Borders

The volume of unique phishing attacks hit an all-time high in January, while fraudsters broadened their reach to spoof Web sites they hadn't targeted before, such as social-networking and gambling sites, according to a group that tracks phishing fraud. The number of unique phishing e-mails hit 29,930, up 26% over …

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COMMENTARY: The Only Sure Thing These Days Is the Need for Improved Cross-Border Payments

There are a lot of conflicting economic forecasts about what lies ahead for the rest of 2024. Of course, it is said that economic forecasting exists only to validate astrology, but two things are certain: increased global trade and shifting populations due to migrations by higher-income-seeking migrant labor. Both of …

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